Containing urban sprawl-Evaluating effectiveness of urban growth boundaries set by the Swiss Land Use Plan

Land Use Policy

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 224-232

  Gennaio, Maria Pia ^a   Hersperger, Anna M ^a   Bürgi, Matthias ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Swiss Land Use Plan; Urban containment strategies; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; GREENBELT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN AREA; URBAN GROWTH; URBAN PLANNING; ZONING POLICY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 56949100271     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2008.02.010     Document Type: Article

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